Advances in fertility enhancement have been a benefit and a bane to life according to the warring factions that have appointed themselves the guardians of the proper generation of human life.

This week's birth from a human mother of octopuses implanted as octopi embryi's by fertility specialist Gimme DaMoney has created a whole new eight legged monster.

Bioethicists are debating whether this birth is a violation of Octopus rights. Some of the hot topics being debated include:

Is this a misuse of the human uterus? Can human born octopi be served in a seafood salad? Should then chef use extra virgin olive oil or a lighter rapeseed oil dressing? Should gourmet magazines pay millions for photos of the ensalata di pulpo de humana utero?

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